N2Growth Blog

JULY 28, 2019

Don’t embrace the practices of your peers, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to unlock hidden value and create advantage in the market. And if outsourced, will it be done domestically or offshore, and who will manage the process? Put simply; don’t copy – create.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. I am not referring to things like accounting best practices but to business strategy, marketing approaches, etc.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2024

This article explores the benefits of this strategic decision, particularly focusing on the advantages of remote and offshore teams. It goes beyond filling immediate vacancies and considers factors such as skill gaps, future needs, and market dynamics.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 2, 2020

As I’m fond of saying, “You can’t offshore, automate, or AI creativity.” For over 25 years, Mark has worked with Global 1000 organizations on strategies to grow profitably by developing and implementing strategies that improve the effectiveness of sales, marketing, and service organizations.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The demand for coastal property for sale in Croatia at an all-time high, and the real estate market here is very active. The lengthy, scooped-out shoreline with a number of lovely islands like Dugi Otok and Pašman offshore in the Adriatic. This region has three of Croatia’s finest national parks: Paklenica, Kornati, and Krka.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 21, 2020

Rather than those jobs going to un- or under-employed locals, the jobs often get offshored to places where the talent exists. In a recent article I looked at what happens when companies can’t access the talent they need due to migration issues.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The company can then determine its market acceptance and determine whether to proceed with manufacturing the item. Time to Market. By the time a product makes it to market, the demand for the item could significantly decrease. In the past, electronic part production runs were handled offshore for a range of reasons.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 26, 2020

Around half of the organizations surveyed revealed that if they were unable to bring the talent they needed to the United States, they would offshore the work instead. “As the U.S. million highly skilled workers in the U.S,” the researchers say. ” Hurdles to growth.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Every year, millions of workers lose their jobs due to technological advancements, international competition, offshoring, and regulatory changes. However, these measures often fall short of fully addressing the needs of displaced workers, especially as emerging technologies like AI and decarbonization continue to disrupt labor markets.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2020

There are numerous online business opportunities in the market today. Use the feedback to determine whether the idea is worth the investment or to devise a solution for the current gaps in the market. Then, consider whether you want to locate your company in offshore countries or not, based on your government jurisdiction.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2017

By outsourcing or offshoring certain business aspects, a company will be able to learn about the global market, and in time they may even decide to make the move across the globe and open up an office abroad. Content Marketing. It saves people in the office being disturbed throughout the day with phone calls. Global Knowledge.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2020

In turn, this makes offshoring more efficient. In 2020, the market grew to $180 billion. Experts also believe that the quantum computing market will reach a value of $8 billion globally by 2027. Telehealth Market to Make Waves. Also, the cloud computing industry will likely continue to grow.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Over the last decade, offshore manufacturing seemed like a no-brainer. for the first time in 2009 to become the world's top market for new vehicles. Offshoring isn't going away, but companies will have to be smarter about it. or European companies have the same degree of insight into offshore markets.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2015

There are offshore markets to explore too. Many highly skilled developers can be found in emerging markets such as India, where costs are far lower. The investment required to find, employ, and train staff to do so often outweighs that of the one-off cost you would pay a freelancer or a small web developer company.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked. If you’re not qualified don’t try to work around your lack of qualifications, go get the qualifications you need to compete.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 26, 2023

. “In order to eliminate dependence on Russian import of coal, oil, and gas and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, countries like—for instance—Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark, have vowed to increase their investments in offshore wind energy,” the researchers explain.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

I’ve written previously about the advantages large populations have in terms of innovation, due both to the talent advantages their larger populations provide and also the bigger markets they offer new products and services. This is an important finding, as organizations were not responding as advocates for the new rules had hoped.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

If you're an experienced professional, it can be tough to find a job in today's market. The market dynamics that pushed her out of a job were happening across the whole marketplace for her profession. Like most of us, you probably couldn't have anticipated how much it could impact local job markets. Find a market niche.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

Just because a company can offshore some portion of its operations doesn’t mean it should. That appears to be the case with the offshoring of research and development, according to a new paper from the Center for European Economic Research.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Since they were first published on April 3, the Panama Papers have thrust a spotlight onto world politicians, celebrities, and businesses sheltering money offshore. The largest release of data ever on the secret world of offshore companies led to the resignation of Iceland’s prime minister. So it’s an open question.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

We estimate that tens of thousands of engineers and scientists working for top innovators are actually located in their offshore technical centers in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China); these are often called "captive" R&D centers or offshore R&D locations. Offshore Outsourced Product Development.

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Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

We had offshored our development team but when we did a rightshoring exercise, we found that a dual-shore approach works better. Apart from using PPC (pay-per-click) and CPE (cost-per-engagement) based advertisements to jump-start adoption, we have engaged some experts to work on social media marketing.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2012

A leading mobile-phone maker falls out of step with its market — and struggles to catch up. But when the smartphone became the next big thing within the mobility market, the company lost its competitive edge. An energy-trading company rises high — and then suddenly implodes.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Adding legitimacy to this skepticism are new technologies that enable automation of routine transactions, offshoring and shared service organizations that specialize in managing many tactical elements of HR. This is a role that cannot be automated, shared as a service, offshored or outsourced.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Gulf region didn't destroy the company, didn't stop offshore oil drilling for very long, and didn't produce the political will to push for alternative energy sources. This device quickly gained a 95% share of the tablet computer market and a big share of the public mind. The BP oil spill debacle in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

These have multiple causes including the shift of the economy to services and information-intensive activities, productivity growth, the appearance of new products and services, demographics, and continued offshoring that now includes services ranging from call centers to medical procedures. million, were the largest in U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2011

Mere recovery probably won't do much to derail this trend, because the rise of McJobs has deeper causes: offshoring, skills gaps, undereducation, regulatory deficits, our own bottomless appetite for McStuff. Insecurity. If that sounds simple, it's anything but. I can't build your own rocketship for you, nor can I take your quantum leap.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

Barring a tax holiday, this cash is effectively "trapped" offshore. Strategic cash provides more flexibility concerning the timing and pricing of potential acquisitions; having cash on hand is the best insurance that CFOs will be able to respond with alacrity to opportunities and not be subject to the vagaries of the financial markets.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

by looking back to the original offshoring frenzy which started with consumer electronics in the 1960s. companies were deciding to move R&D to China to be closer to manufacturers, suppliers, and talent as well as to reap lower development costs and higher-growth markets. We can trace how this happened in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Many companies look for sales ops talent outside the immediate group by encouraging job rotations with other company departments, such as finance or marketing. These leaders can structure problems, delegate work, and help process/detail people see the big picture so that everyone works toward a common goal.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Highly structured work that requires lower skills and education — transactional work — is going away in many Western companies, supplanted by automation, outsourcing, and offshoring. Continuous improvement is how they address the slings and arrows the market throws at them.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

First, let's make sure we're focused on the two biggest pressures on joblessness and job generation: the would-be new entrants — the 16- to 24-year-olds — lacking the necessary skills and experience to land gainful employment, and the post-55-year-old mature workers, intent on remaining in the labor market, or scrambling to get back in.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Some companies have succeeded at leadership by transferring strong leaders from headquarters to offshore location; others have done equally well by hiring locally in India and China. While you can start an offshore location with non-critical responsibilities, unless responsibilities move upstream, you risk attrition.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The article shocked the sensibilities of many who worried about rising corporate power in the world, but for many executives struggling to chart courses through the chaos of newly globalized and deregulated markets, it offered an irresistible clarity: one need only focus on owners’ interests.

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Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

They used smart cards to turn the process of offshore excursions into one as simple as walking into an office building. That is true when digital technology is viewed in isolation such as building big data in customer service, social media in marketing, or mobility in the sales force.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2012

These factors include China's rapidly rising labor costs, which we discussed in an earlier HBR blog ; the increased value of the yuan; the challenge of managing long-distance supply chains; the quality control concerns that continue to haunt many manufacturers that have offshored production; and the significantly higher productivity of U.S.

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Insourcing Supply Chain Offshoring Apparel 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

On one hand, regardless of current economic concerns, emerging markets are where long-term growth opportunities lie. On the other, the crisis in the euro zone has forced banks to rethink their investments in numerous markets, if not retreat from them altogether. Emerging market players. Filling the Gap.

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